Engineer does his back

Stove Project: Day 6
In the cook's absence, the engineer goes on with the Stove Project single-handed. The new stove was left sitting on the floor of the stove area when the mate left the previous evening. At some stage it needs to be mounted on its gimbals, and the engineer decides that this is a job he can get on with while waiting for an appointment with a gasfitter. He does some clever things to adapt the brackets for the old stove to suit the new one, which is a little wider and has its own system of gimbals and brackets. Unfortunately the actual process of mounting the stove in the new arrangement involves some rather awkward manoeuvring, and there is a nasty moment when he feels something give in his lower back. He is immobilised and in considerable pain for the rest of the day.